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so we'll be donating this in your name to a local school. >> that's very kind. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> full body burden is a book about my childhood in colorado. i grew up in arvada about seven miles from the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant and, actually, our first house was about seven miles away, and then in 1969 we moved to a subdivision called bridledale which was closer to the plant, about three, three and a half miles away from rocky flats. my sisters and brother and i, we had an idyllic childhood in the sense that we had horses and dogs, and we spent a lot of time outdoors riding our horses in the fields around the plant and swimming in the lake. and we never knew what went on at rocky flats. we had no idea what it really was. and we had no idea of the environmental contamination that was happening in the area. plutonium and carbon tet ro clear rise and a number of different things in the env
so we'll be donating this in your name to a local school. >> that's very kind. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> full body burden is a book about my childhood in colorado. i grew up in arvada about seven miles from the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant and, actually, our first house was about seven miles away, and...
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think michael moore, nancy pelosi, think your local college professor. you know, think the driver of the crazy call with all the bush is hitler bumper stickers on the back of the car. [laughter] you know, think the checkout help with the master's degree in gender studies wearing a head band at your local whole foods store. you get the picture; right? [laughter] they dominate professions leaving a large cultural imprint in the country of ours, professions like journalism, arts, academia, and america's fastest growing band of entertainers, circumstance day sew lay acrobats. who are these people who call themselves liberals? how does such a small group impact our lives? what motivates them? well, i'm in an excellent position to answer the deep questions because i've been watching liberals closely for over 30 years, i studied liberal s jane goodall studies chimps in their natural habitats and without judgment, in silence mostly because we bailey speak the same language. tireless in liberals, humored them, teaseed them, prodded them, and, yes, loved some of t
think michael moore, nancy pelosi, think your local college professor. you know, think the driver of the crazy call with all the bush is hitler bumper stickers on the back of the car. [laughter] you know, think the checkout help with the master's degree in gender studies wearing a head band at your local whole foods store. you get the picture; right? [laughter] they dominate professions leaving a large cultural imprint in the country of ours, professions like journalism, arts, academia, and...
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an obscure problem called build america bonds financed $180 billion worth of local infrastructure projects. it was like a stimulus tucked inside a stimulus and no one noticed it. i spent a lot of time explaining how the stimulus launch the clean energy revolution, redoubling renewable power, and governing the domestic industry for electric vehicles from scratch, jump starting the smart grid, etc.. we have reduced our dependence on foreign oil to the lowest level since 95 and carbon emissions are dropping even though the economy is growing. all you hear about is the solyndra scandal which isn't even a scandal. it is supposed to stimulate -- symbolize solar power is a mirage. mitt romney called it imaginary but thanks to the stimulus solar installations increased 600% since 2008. obviously the recount -- the economy is struggling and it is fair to point out obama and his recovery act have not lived up to the initial-but nothing in life except parents live up to the height. did i mention mitt romney? i think i did. he put the stimulus at the center of his presidential campaign which is totall
an obscure problem called build america bonds financed $180 billion worth of local infrastructure projects. it was like a stimulus tucked inside a stimulus and no one noticed it. i spent a lot of time explaining how the stimulus launch the clean energy revolution, redoubling renewable power, and governing the domestic industry for electric vehicles from scratch, jump starting the smart grid, etc.. we have reduced our dependence on foreign oil to the lowest level since 95 and carbon emissions...
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officials and that he is also not in complete accord with the fact that various branches of state and local government must conduct security investigations of individuals on various campuses at the university of california especially where they take part in classified contract. with this background in mind the following is being brought to the attention of the bureau. merely for its information in the event that the bureau may have some inquiry involving dr. kirk who is at best a highly controversial figure of california education. that is 1958. a few years later there is another document which even more pointedly expressedes j. edgar hoover's view of clark kerr. this is dated march 20, 1961. it concerns a visit to the campus of someone named frank wilkinson who had been a housing official in los angeles and had been called to testify before the house un-american activities committee and refused. wilkinson was going to come to the campus and give a speech. certain people were very unhappy about this. this memo summarizes that and we see on the last page hoover's handwriting and his characte
officials and that he is also not in complete accord with the fact that various branches of state and local government must conduct security investigations of individuals on various campuses at the university of california especially where they take part in classified contract. with this background in mind the following is being brought to the attention of the bureau. merely for its information in the event that the bureau may have some inquiry involving dr. kirk who is at best a highly...
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. >> this was not spontaneous rage from the locals. >> no, no. these were professional hits. and so, basically, the danger was very high until this moment in, around the turn of the century when, when we finally managed to get the iranians to back down. and at a point at which we were convinced, certain that they actually had stood down these gangs of killers, really most of the danger went away. >> perhaps you've answered this next question. what is the difference between the fatwa and the recently-announced bounty on you? how do you deal with that? >> well, it's not recently-announced, it's been there all the time. the fact -- >> most recent. >> nobody's ever taken this old gentleman seriously, each in the iran. because it's pretty clear that he doesn't have the money. [laughter] you know, anybody can stand up and say a, you know, $3 million. but if you don't have $3 million, it reduces the force of your argument. [laughter] and, no, this is, you know, what's happened to me in this decade since the string of 2002 -- the spring of 2002 is every so often somebody in iran stan
. >> this was not spontaneous rage from the locals. >> no, no. these were professional hits. and so, basically, the danger was very high until this moment in, around the turn of the century when, when we finally managed to get the iranians to back down. and at a point at which we were convinced, certain that they actually had stood down these gangs of killers, really most of the danger went away. >> perhaps you've answered this next question. what is the difference between the...